Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.